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L. J. WILDE. SELF ATTAOHING TILTING MATCH BOX.

Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

INVENTOR M I WITNESSES lhnrrnn terns LOUIS J. WILDE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO THADDEUS B. BEECIIER AND CHARLES \V. THOMPSON, OF SAMEPLACE.

SELF-ATTACHING TILTING MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,568, dated April27,- 1897.

' Application filed December 4, 1896. Serial No. 614,406. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. \VILDE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSelf-Attaching Tilting Match-Boxes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a self-attaching tiltingmatch-box for use upon the head, handle-bar, or handle-bar rod of anybicycle, the special object in view being to provide a match-box whichshall be simple and inexpensive to make, will be selfattaching andreadily detachable from any ordinary bicycle, and which may be conven-2o iently tilted when it is desired to get matches therefrom and willdrop back to place as soon as released, a special advantage of my novelmatch-box being that the bicycle itself is not affected to the slightestextent by its attachment or removal and that it may be readilytransferred from one bicycle to another.

Vith these ends in view I have devised the novel match-box of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompany- 0 ing drawings,is a specification, numbers being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my novel match-box in position on thehandlebar rod of a bicycle, the lid being raised and the box 5 5 tiltedas in removing matches therefrom; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of thehandle-bar rod, showing the match-box in plan in its normal position;Fig. 3, a section on the line 00 0c in Fig. 2, the handle-bar rod beingremoved;

Fig. i, a rear elevation of a handle-bar rod with my novel match-boxattached thereto, illustrating a modified form of attaching device; andFig. 5 is a view corresponding with Fig. 2 and illustrating the modifiedform of 5 attaching device.

1 denotes a portion of a bicycle, in the present instance a handle-barrod, to which my novel match-box is attached; 2, a match-box, of anyordinary or preferred construct-ion, which is preferably provided with ahinged lid 3 and a spring a; 5, a spring-clamp, and

6 a pivot upon which the box turns and by which it is connected to theclamp.

The use of my novel match-box will be readily understood from Figs. 1and 2. It is attached in place by simply springing the arms of the clamparound the portion of the bicycle by which it is to be carried, and isreadily rem ovable therefrom, owing to the resiliency of the arms. Thepivot is placed near the top of the box, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1and 3, so that the weight of the box itself will return it to an uprightposition as soon as released. IVhen it is desired to get matches fromthe box, the lid is lifted and the box tilted, as shown in Fig. 1, whichpermits the matches to slide out. Having secured a match, the operatorcloses the lid and releases the box, which instantly drops back toplace, as in Fig. 3.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 I simply substitute ascrew-clamp for a spring-clamp, the ends of the arms of the clamp beingturned outward, as at 7, and threaded to receive a thumb-screw 8.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with amatch-box having a lid at one end, of a clamp adapted to be connectedwith a bicycle, said clamp being pivotally connected with one side ofthe box near its lid end, whereby said box may be tilted or swungendwise to facilitate the removal of a match and will be automaticallyreturned to upright position by gravity on being released.

2. The combination with the rectangular match-box having a spring-lid atone end, of the spring-clamp 5 adapted to be connected with a bicycle,said clamp being pivotally connected with one of the flat sides of thebox above its center of gravity and near the lid end, whereby said boxmay be tilted endwise to facilitate the removal of a match and will beautomatically returned to upright position by gravity on being released.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS J. IVILDE.

Witnesses:

F. J. Srnnvns, P. B. Moonn.

